1 00:00:16,71 --> 00:00:23,56 Good morning I like to welcome you to morrow Baptist churches morning 2 00:00:23,57 --> 00:00:28,02 as we celebrate Palm Sunday Jesus to Drusilla 3 00:00:31,52 --> 00:00:32,43 thank you for coming 4 00:00:40,28 --> 00:00:45,85 lets pray gracious lord we are so grateful and excited to be in your house today 5 00:00:46,57 --> 00:00:50,34 once again all of the things that it takes to get us into this room the 6 00:00:50,35 --> 00:00:55,32 distractions and the things that pull us from your attention Father we pray right 7 00:00:55,33 --> 00:01:02,21 now baby removed the Holy Spirit move among us that as we sing and shout 8 00:01:02,33 --> 00:01:07,66 the hosannas that we're also reminded of the sacrifice of the cup take us through 9 00:01:07,67 --> 00:01:12,81 the service Philis with your spirit as well as your grace and your mercy and your 10 00:01:12,82 --> 00:01:17,39 love we pray. 11 00:01:32,60 --> 00:01:38,01 The in. The in. 12 00:01:40,15 --> 00:01:44,59 The and 13 00:01:44,60 --> 00:01:47,43 through. 14 00:02:19,11 --> 00:02:19,84 Please stand for 15 00:02:19,85 --> 00:02:27,33 a call to worship. Rejoice 16 00:02:27,34 --> 00:02:32,40 greatly old god of Zion the people of Zion shout in triumph O.-P. 17 00:02:32,41 --> 00:02:38,57 Pull of Drucilla him look your King is coming to you he is righteous and victorious 18 00:02:39,14 --> 00:02:42,31 yet he is humble riding on a donkey even on 19 00:02:42,32 --> 00:02:49,60 a donkey's colt you 20 00:02:49,61 --> 00:02:52,06 are our God and we will praise you. 21 00:02:56,85 --> 00:02:59,19 Oh give thanks to the Lord for He is good. 22 00:03:05,58 --> 00:03:09,96 At this time has already started the children will be passing out palms to us and 23 00:03:09,97 --> 00:03:12,25 then we will fall that by singing him number one so 24 00:03:33,83 --> 00:03:33,83 . 25 00:05:04,77 --> 00:05:05,54 I am. 26 00:06:26,26 --> 00:06:33,12 The next day the quake that had come. That 27 00:06:33,29 --> 00:06:39,99 they will haul that T.V.'s on hands it's way too blue they took. Out 28 00:06:40,96 --> 00:06:47,40 me and shouted. Blessed is is he who comes in the name of the Lord 29 00:06:47,75 --> 00:06:54,68 bless ye last is the king of. I. Did that 30 00:06:54,69 --> 00:07:01,66 fairly young donkey and so on. We're Do not be afraid to order. 31 00:07:03,61 --> 00:07:10,44 Shielding is coming soon all I don't. Cope foresee his 32 00:07:10,45 --> 00:07:17,02 desire both in the understand. That only after Jesus was 33 00:07:17,06 --> 00:07:23,99 loved by. DAVID They realize that these things had been written about them 34 00:07:24,74 --> 00:07:31,25 and that the. Ghost. 35 00:07:38,69 --> 00:07:39,30 Of the. 36 00:07:52,83 --> 00:07:53,47 I am. 37 00:08:35,61 --> 00:08:36,19 Getting. 38 00:09:45,15 --> 00:09:45,59 Leave. 39 00:10:05,06 --> 00:10:11,18 Give thanks to the Lord for He is good his love endures forever let Israel say. 40 00:10:14,22 --> 00:10:21,20 Let the house of Aaron say. Let those who fear the Lord say. 41 00:10:24,64 --> 00:10:29,16 Open for me the gates of the righteous I will enter and give thanks to the Lord. 42 00:10:31,08 --> 00:10:37,98 Say. I will give you thanks for you 43 00:10:37,99 --> 00:10:41,32 answered me You have become my salvation. 44 00:10:44,23 --> 00:12:44,21 oh 45 00:11:00,78 --> 00:11:01,11 Oh 46 00:12:44,21 --> 00:12:44,21 . 47 00:13:02,11 --> 00:13:08,35 Oh oh. Oh. 48 00:13:11,37 --> 00:13:17,61 Oh oh. Oh. 49 00:14:00,80 --> 00:14:05,00 Oh. Oh. 50 00:14:06,16 --> 00:14:07,92 mother Oh mother 51 00:14:44,20 --> 00:14:44,20 . 52 00:16:12,93 --> 00:16:18,03 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone the Lord has done this 53 00:16:18,20 --> 00:16:20,12 and it is marvelous in our eyes. 54 00:16:28,01 --> 00:16:31,17 Lord save us Lord grant us six. 55 00:16:44,48 --> 00:16:47,73 With bows in hand join in the festive procession 56 00:16:47,81 --> 00:16:53,93 a little horns of the altar. You are my God and I will praise you you are my God 57 00:16:53,94 --> 00:16:58,37 and I will exalt you. Are you. 58 00:17:58,10 --> 00:17:58,61 You 59 00:17:58,12 --> 00:17:58,61 you. 60 00:18:07,92 --> 00:18:08,33 Love 61 00:19:23,40 --> 00:19:25,61 . Love. 62 00:20:21,08 --> 00:20:22,46 You. 63 00:20:49,06 --> 00:20:49,88 Lol. 64 00:21:27,31 --> 00:21:28,57 Lol. 65 00:21:47,59 --> 00:21:48,22 Lol. 66 00:22:31,66 --> 00:22:32,20 Must. 67 00:23:06,65 --> 00:23:06,94 Lol. 68 00:23:14,39 --> 00:23:14,88 But. 69 00:24:48,50 --> 00:24:55,44 Let us pray. Father we thank you that we come into your house more 70 00:24:58,81 --> 00:25:05,13 to the highest place pray that should be with us this week as we travel the road 71 00:25:07,46 --> 00:25:12,99 we thank you for the sacrifice and for the suffering that you are our 72 00:25:14,86 --> 00:25:20,14 present should be with us through the rest of this keep our hearts and 73 00:25:26,26 --> 00:25:27,76 at this time the ushers will come back 74 00:28:20,10 --> 00:28:20,74 with. 75 00:28:57,99 --> 00:29:04,16 A spray Gracious Lord once again we gather as your children come before you 76 00:29:04,43 --> 00:29:07,85 corporately to pray to ask for 77 00:29:07,86 --> 00:29:14,07 a very specific set of needs that we have learned as we as we lift those in just 78 00:29:14,08 --> 00:29:19,46 a moment we open ourselves up to the many needs that we have that we're completely 79 00:29:19,47 --> 00:29:24,52 unaware of Lord we pray for your guidance and your wisdom in exposing areas in our 80 00:29:24,53 --> 00:29:31,33 lives where we need you more where we need to crave you and to see you to study you 81 00:29:31,34 --> 00:29:37,11 and to chase after you look sometimes in our litany of things that are going on our 82 00:29:37,12 --> 00:29:41,16 life we forget to ask for that and so father if if that is not 83 00:29:41,17 --> 00:29:47,01 a desire on our heart that is natural then Lord we pray for it to be so pray for 84 00:29:47,02 --> 00:29:53,16 hunger for you unlike no other lord as we 85 00:29:54,51 --> 00:30:01,35 stand on this side of Holy Week give us strength to walk through it it is 86 00:30:01,36 --> 00:30:06,87 courage to merit in wisdom allow it to be 87 00:30:09,00 --> 00:30:12,14 not a week of guilt and shame but 88 00:30:12,15 --> 00:30:18,03 a week of Revelation and week we can draw closer to you and to see Jesus which you 89 00:30:18,03 --> 00:30:24,79 did and took on in the cross. And Lord as we again 90 00:30:24,80 --> 00:30:31,05 stand on this side of Easter we know that the resurrection is coming and we know 91 00:30:31,06 --> 00:30:36,34 that though that doesn't eradicate death and pain in our world we know that it 92 00:30:36,35 --> 00:30:42,05 gives it new meaning so we lift up those in our congregation in our community who 93 00:30:42,06 --> 00:30:48,58 are who are suffering right now who are in pain and who are in trial and feel as if 94 00:30:48,59 --> 00:30:53,27 they have been struggling with it for hours and for days and for years Lord we pray 95 00:30:53,28 --> 00:30:59,10 for cycles to be broken pray for chains to be taken off 96 00:31:00,19 --> 00:31:04,41 we pray for healing and miracles in ways that we don't even have the words to begin 97 00:31:04,42 --> 00:31:10,14 to articulate We pray for families to be restored we pray for relationships to be 98 00:31:10,15 --> 00:31:15,95 renewed we pray for habits and addictions to be broken we pray for sin Lord to be 99 00:31:15,96 --> 00:31:22,56 scattered and we pray for an awareness in our lives of our need for you 100 00:31:24,44 --> 00:31:29,12 know we lift up our world we pray for the Syrian refugees we pray for the children 101 00:31:29,13 --> 00:31:34,60 and the men and women who are dealing with the aftermath of five years of violence 102 00:31:34,64 --> 00:31:41,13 in an area in the world who are dealing with illness and 103 00:31:42,64 --> 00:31:48,73 with pain that is sometimes beyond our comprehension and I we pray for our world 104 00:31:49,29 --> 00:31:55,54 and our immediate context in our community in our country pray for ways Lord that 105 00:31:55,55 --> 00:32:02,41 we can display your love and your wisdom not your hate not anger but 106 00:32:02,42 --> 00:32:07,19 that she teaches how to build bridges Father and God we pray for those in our 107 00:32:07,47 --> 00:32:13,98 congregation we lift up to graze sour walled we lifted you Marguerite we thank you 108 00:32:13,99 --> 00:32:18,99 for the turn that Marguerite has taken just the excitement back in her life and now 109 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:22,89 we pray for Glenn pray for his transition from the hospital to 110 00:32:22,90 --> 00:32:28,66 a new place we pray for those who have many of prayer requests Lord that we have 111 00:32:28,67 --> 00:32:35,18 not mentioned but we know that you know we ask you to open our eyes and in our 112 00:32:35,19 --> 00:32:40,63 hearts to people who are sitting beside us who are walking beside us you need the 113 00:32:40,64 --> 00:32:47,63 we pray for revival in our own lives and in the. We ask all of these 114 00:32:47,64 --> 00:32:52,64 things and your name is we pray the prayer that you've taught us to pray Our Father 115 00:32:53,70 --> 00:33:00,47 who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done 116 00:33:01,38 --> 00:33:08,24 On earth as give us this day our daily bread and forgive 117 00:33:08,25 --> 00:33:15,07 us our debt as we forgive her and lead us not into temptation 118 00:33:15,83 --> 00:33:22,18 but deliver us from evil for that is the kingdom and the power and the glory 119 00:33:22,19 --> 00:33:26,65 forever. To stand up and greet when another this might 120 00:33:33,90 --> 00:33:33,90 . 121 00:36:18,50 --> 00:36:19,05 The Earth. 122 00:37:08,11 --> 00:37:10,98 A. Blow. 123 00:37:14,97 --> 00:37:18,39 Dryer on the land. 124 00:37:22,18 --> 00:37:26,62 A. Whole lot. 125 00:37:31,15 --> 00:37:37,20 More of. A 126 00:37:37,71 --> 00:37:43,87 move. To. A 127 00:37:44,68 --> 00:37:50,60 man. Man A. 128 00:37:51,89 --> 00:37:53,27 Was. 129 00:38:38,37 --> 00:38:45,20 Mark six forty five three fifty six immediately Jesus made his disciples 130 00:38:45,21 --> 00:38:50,08 get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida while he dismissed the crowd 131 00:38:50,64 --> 00:38:55,59 after leaving he went out on the mountainside to pray later that night the boat was 132 00:38:55,60 --> 00:39:00,78 in the middle of the lake and he was alone on land he saw that the disciples 133 00:39:00,79 --> 00:39:05,67 straining at the oars because the wind was against them shortly before dawn when 134 00:39:05,68 --> 00:39:10,52 out to them walking on the lake he was about to pass by them but when they saw him 135 00:39:10,53 --> 00:39:12,04 walking on the lake they thought he was 136 00:39:12,05 --> 00:39:17,30 a ghost they cried out because all because they all saw him and they were terrified 137 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:23,32 immediately he spoke to them and said Take courage decide Don't be afraid then he 138 00:39:23,33 --> 00:39:28,66 climbed in the boat with them and the wind died down they were completely amazed 139 00:39:28,94 --> 00:39:34,56 for they had not understood about the loads their hearts were hardened. When they 140 00:39:34,57 --> 00:39:40,42 crossed over they landed at dinner set and anchored there as soon as they got out 141 00:39:40,43 --> 00:39:45,01 of the boat people recognize Jesus they ran through that whole region and carried 142 00:39:45,02 --> 00:39:50,26 the sick on maps to wherever they heard he was and wherever he went into villages 143 00:39:50,27 --> 00:39:56,00 towns or countryside they place the sick in the marketplace they begged him to let 144 00:39:56,01 --> 00:40:01,43 them touch even the edge of his cloak and all who touched it were here this is the 145 00:40:01,44 --> 00:40:04,48 Word of God For the Word of God for the people 146 00:40:12,58 --> 00:40:12,82 so 147 00:40:12,83 --> 00:40:19,72 a reminder as we go into Holy Week that every day this week 148 00:40:19,87 --> 00:40:24,05 will have devotionals that seven am So from seven to seven thirty will meet 149 00:40:24,06 --> 00:40:30,10 downstairs and have devotionals Liz is going to do one of our I will pick up the 150 00:40:30,11 --> 00:40:36,02 measurements to go with Liz from the college your Wednesday rate so anybody wants 151 00:40:36,04 --> 00:40:42,97 to go up. But then we have the devotional the week we have Monte Thursday on 152 00:40:42,98 --> 00:40:47,16 Thursday night starting at seven in here in service of communion and then there's 153 00:40:47,16 --> 00:40:49,78 a Good Friday service in town and then 154 00:40:49,79 --> 00:40:54,96 a bar Sunday starting at six thirty in the morning at Harley Bryce's house 155 00:40:58,21 --> 00:41:02,85 so last me when I talked about the description of Jesus Christ one of our questions 156 00:41:02,86 --> 00:41:07,47 for Lent has been how would we describe Jesus if we were asked someone comes up to 157 00:41:07,48 --> 00:41:12,20 you and says How would you describe Jesus what would you say and last week I said 158 00:41:12,30 --> 00:41:19,24 what about as people kind of chuckled I know right that would be awesome 159 00:41:19,25 --> 00:41:24,32 people kind of chuckled and giggled and said whatever but think about it Jesus had 160 00:41:24,33 --> 00:41:29,59 superpowers right he had miracles he performs probably all of his life we haven't 161 00:41:29,60 --> 00:41:31,84 recorded from when he started ministry but for 162 00:41:31,85 --> 00:41:37,40 a long time in his life. He was able to raise the dead he was able to heal the sick 163 00:41:37,41 --> 00:41:42,62 he was able to preach with authority and teach with authority to rebuke demons and 164 00:41:42,63 --> 00:41:48,97 in the story that precedes what Caroline just read he's able to multiply food. So 165 00:41:49,98 --> 00:41:51,16 what's the difference between 166 00:41:51,20 --> 00:41:58,09 a superhero in the Son of God and major distinction is that the only time Jesus did 167 00:41:58,10 --> 00:42:03,29 any miracle or any healing was to reveal who he was as 168 00:42:04,82 --> 00:42:11,66 every miracle every feeling pointed people to God So let's set the 169 00:42:11,67 --> 00:42:12,68 context of a U. 170 00:42:12,69 --> 00:42:18,68 Turn up and keep open your Bibles to Mark Potter six set the context for our story 171 00:42:18,69 --> 00:42:25,28 today Caroline just read the walking on water what precedes that story is the 172 00:42:25,32 --> 00:42:30,67 miracle of the feeding of the five thousand give you little context so Jesus has 173 00:42:30,68 --> 00:42:36,02 just fed five thousand people in the day in time of Jesus we all know this but it's 174 00:42:36,04 --> 00:42:41,04 probably worth saying they did not have supermarkets they did not have street carts 175 00:42:41,23 --> 00:42:44,65 there were no taco stand so if you were out you packed 176 00:42:44,66 --> 00:42:48,27 a lunch and in the feeding of the five thousand they've been out for hours and 177 00:42:48,31 --> 00:42:51,97 hours and hours and so the disciples were like Look just send them home and Jesus 178 00:42:51,98 --> 00:42:56,09 says no no no I'll feed them and so he takes five loaves of this one smart little 179 00:42:56,11 --> 00:43:00,63 boy has and he kept and two fish and you multiplies it and he feeds the five 180 00:43:00,64 --> 00:43:06,04 thousand the mark tells us as soon as that miracle is Dime immediately 181 00:43:07,35 --> 00:43:13,61 Jesus asked to decide and I told you that Mark loves action words immediately he 182 00:43:13,62 --> 00:43:18,47 loves immediately so what the urgency Jesus kicks the disciples out is at the 183 00:43:18,48 --> 00:43:23,81 height of his career at this moment people are excited they just were fed this 184 00:43:23,82 --> 00:43:28,43 miraculous feeding of the five thousand and Jesus quickly gets rid of the disciples 185 00:43:28,63 --> 00:43:34,97 and sends them off ahead to best Saida and stays back first forty six tells us the 186 00:43:34,98 --> 00:43:40,22 reason Jesus days back is he wants to be alone to pray so what's going on here was 187 00:43:40,23 --> 00:43:45,05 going on here is the feed in the five thousand has been the pinnacle of Jesus' 188 00:43:45,52 --> 00:43:52,02 miraculous career in the eyes of the pup. This is the apex this is where the fever 189 00:43:52,13 --> 00:43:59,04 pitch for Jesus has reached an all time excitement and high and Jesus has 190 00:43:59,05 --> 00:44:00,26 had already 191 00:44:00,27 --> 00:44:03,95 a reputation drug Galilee of healing of miracles people are starting to see the 192 00:44:03,96 --> 00:44:07,91 disciples in the name of Jesus Christ being able to teach and unable to do the 193 00:44:07,92 --> 00:44:12,93 miracles and so then this miracle happens and it reaches fever pitch and people are 194 00:44:12,94 --> 00:44:17,56 enthusiastic how enthusiastic are they this is the one miracle other than the 195 00:44:17,57 --> 00:44:24,07 resurrection that's recorded in all four of the Fianna five thousand and the 196 00:44:24,08 --> 00:44:29,14 resurrection are the only two miracles recorded in John in Matthew in Mark and 197 00:44:30,77 --> 00:44:34,95 John's Gospel tells us that people are so enthusiastic after this Miracle Cat I 198 00:44:34,96 --> 00:44:37,55 mean this miracle duplication of 199 00:44:37,56 --> 00:44:42,03 a catch of the fish in the loaves that they want to make jesus their leader 200 00:44:42,47 --> 00:44:48,66 a team that's in John six fourteen and fifteen they want Jesus to take over he 201 00:44:48,67 --> 00:44:53,26 They've already seen that Jesus has miraculous super powers in healing and they've 202 00:44:53,27 --> 00:44:57,73 seen that he can raise the dead and now with this they realize that he can feed 203 00:44:57,74 --> 00:45:01,77 them for the rest of their life what is better than and so they want you just to be 204 00:45:01,78 --> 00:45:02,95 king they want him to start 205 00:45:02,96 --> 00:45:09,04 a revolt or revolution to start of who they want to overturn Herod and all the 206 00:45:09,05 --> 00:45:14,74 other petty highroad Ians that are all over Galilee in Judea set up by Rome they 207 00:45:14,75 --> 00:45:16,35 want Jesus to be 208 00:45:16,36 --> 00:45:21,96 a superhero Only Jesus has no intention of starting 209 00:45:21,97 --> 00:45:26,65 a revolt or rebellion or being the author of a coup or being 210 00:45:26,65 --> 00:45:32,04 a super hero Jesus have any of those plans because God has different plans for 211 00:45:32,05 --> 00:45:34,58 Jesus God has 212 00:45:34,74 --> 00:45:41,55 a singular purpose for Jesus and Jesus understands which brings us to the wind in 213 00:45:41,56 --> 00:45:47,86 the story so Jesus sends the disciples on ahead. And has them get in the boat which 214 00:45:47,87 --> 00:45:52,29 by the way is never good when ever the disciples are way from Jesus there's always 215 00:45:52,30 --> 00:45:56,89 calamity it's like that silence we all joke about of his parents when you know if 216 00:45:56,90 --> 00:46:00,97 something has just happened usually in our house it's followed by Tobin coming and 217 00:46:00,98 --> 00:46:07,82 going I am big trouble big trouble with green I seen all over his face every time 218 00:46:07,83 --> 00:46:12,30 the disciples are wavering Jesus they get into trouble is so Jesus has sent them 219 00:46:12,34 --> 00:46:15,57 into a very specific situation he sent them into 220 00:46:15,58 --> 00:46:19,83 a storm this is in the storm like on shout in chapter four with their life this 221 00:46:19,84 --> 00:46:25,53 threatened this is that is kind of like the wind out of control they're on the lake 222 00:46:25,54 --> 00:46:29,29 they're trying to head to Bethsaida wind is against them and they are struggling 223 00:46:29,41 --> 00:46:33,76 Scripture tells us they've been struggling until from about six o'clock at night 224 00:46:33,77 --> 00:46:40,13 until about three to six in the morning they've been at this for nine hours 225 00:46:41,27 --> 00:46:47,96 OK So obvious question time what is this about why in the world would Jesus 226 00:46:48,10 --> 00:46:54,50 leave this reception and this height of popularity and get the disciples off and 227 00:46:54,51 --> 00:46:55,21 send them into 228 00:46:55,22 --> 00:47:01,56 a place where they will be struggle lean against strong wind for nine hours of I 229 00:47:01,57 --> 00:47:06,52 may to reasons Jesus did the setting up the difference between 230 00:47:06,56 --> 00:47:12,14 a superhero and the Son of God and he setting up the difference between Palm Sunday 231 00:47:12,68 --> 00:47:16,18 and Good Friday saying of the difference being the Son of God and 232 00:47:16,19 --> 00:47:20,53 a superhero insane of the difference between Palm Sunday and Good Friday so let's 233 00:47:20,54 --> 00:47:21,57 start with separating 234 00:47:21,61 --> 00:47:28,12 a superhero from the Son of God who does not love rate in our house 235 00:47:28,16 --> 00:47:32,24 Avengers Justice League all over the place the problem is we don't need 236 00:47:32,25 --> 00:47:33,76 a super hero we need 237 00:47:33,77 --> 00:47:40,56 a savior and what's the diff The difference is who's in charge with the Save 238 00:47:40,57 --> 00:47:45,64 here God is the one directing and so there's some things in this passage that 239 00:47:45,65 --> 00:47:51,48 reveal that Jesus is in fact the Son of God Look at verse forty eight. 240 00:47:54,60 --> 00:47:59,27 He says he saw the disciples straining at the oars because the wind was against 241 00:48:01,15 --> 00:48:02,76 skip on to be 242 00:48:02,77 --> 00:48:09,62 a forty eight and he was about to pass by them. Walking on water Jesus 243 00:48:09,63 --> 00:48:14,31 walks on water to get out to the deceased which is incredibly confusing I said to 244 00:48:14,32 --> 00:48:18,36 you last week that one of the one miracles other than the resurrection that I fear 245 00:48:18,37 --> 00:48:24,08 people have the hardest time grasping is Jesus walking on water and I showed it to 246 00:48:24,09 --> 00:48:27,22 you last week that that's the one miracle that I've heard over and over again 247 00:48:27,40 --> 00:48:32,25 people say even if you didn't do it I'll still believe in Jesus and the reason we 248 00:48:32,26 --> 00:48:32,36 have 249 00:48:32,37 --> 00:48:37,21 a hard time with this is because it is beyond our understanding how anyone could 250 00:48:37,22 --> 00:48:42,01 walk on water you know why because no one walks on water Scripture tells us that 251 00:48:42,02 --> 00:48:46,84 only God Himself walks on water job nine eight says God alone stretches out the 252 00:48:46,85 --> 00:48:52,65 heavens and he alone treads on the waves only God can walk on water see we get to 253 00:48:52,66 --> 00:48:57,62 this point we say Who is this as walking on water that's the point this is 254 00:48:57,63 --> 00:49:02,39 a rebel Tory descriptive statement of Jesus Christ the fact that he is walking on 255 00:49:02,40 --> 00:49:07,84 water is he is separating himself from anybody else because only God can walk on 256 00:49:07,85 --> 00:49:14,68 water but not only that you know that causes them to say who like anybody else 257 00:49:14,92 --> 00:49:21,64 but then he's about to pass them by what is that they've been struggling 258 00:49:21,84 --> 00:49:26,99 for nine hours that is just cruel I read a blog commentary one time from 259 00:49:27,00 --> 00:49:32,01 a really well known pastor who said Well Jesus wasn't going to save them but then 260 00:49:32,05 --> 00:49:36,23 he had empathy for them and turned around and saved them now I know that if we 261 00:49:36,24 --> 00:49:41,12 don't understand what it means to pass by then we miss with this passage is that 262 00:49:42,46 --> 00:49:45,81 the concept of passing by Exodus Chapter thirty three 263 00:49:45,82 --> 00:49:49,93 a priest on this last year the idea of passing by is 264 00:49:49,94 --> 00:49:53,48 a revolutionary statement of God and he is giving himself 265 00:49:53,61 --> 00:49:58,49 a description for us to. See remember when Moses says to God I want more of you I 266 00:49:58,50 --> 00:50:01,81 want to see you and God says you can't see me because nobody can see me on this 267 00:50:01,82 --> 00:50:06,62 side of heaven because he's so holy So what does he say I will put you in the cleft 268 00:50:06,63 --> 00:50:06,78 of 269 00:50:06,79 --> 00:50:13,20 a rock and I will pass by and I will cover you with my hand until I pass by and when 270 00:50:13,21 --> 00:50:18,34 I pass by three times a bar in that sentence when I pass by you will see my glory 271 00:50:18,88 --> 00:50:24,98 a bar is the root word is the he brake translation of it with the pronominal suffix 272 00:50:24,99 --> 00:50:27,64 mix OK So what does that mean that is 273 00:50:27,65 --> 00:50:32,80 a rebel the Tory statement with Jesus where God is same by saying I'll pass by he's 274 00:50:32,81 --> 00:50:39,36 about to reveal Himself will use three times in all of the Old Testament with that 275 00:50:39,37 --> 00:50:40,00 means is it's 276 00:50:40,01 --> 00:50:46,37 a huge leap first God says to allies to get up on that horrible I'm about to pass 277 00:50:46,37 --> 00:50:53,06 by I'm about to reveal what I am when Jesus does this the 278 00:50:53,07 --> 00:50:58,26 Greek word root word Parag go and it's translated in verse forty eight per my is 279 00:50:58,27 --> 00:51:04,97 the Greek equivalent of that he break bird bar so what Jesus is 280 00:51:04,98 --> 00:51:08,97 doing by walking on water is setting himself up in a distinction 281 00:51:09,01 --> 00:51:15,77 a descriptive term he is God But when he is about to pass them by he's showing that 282 00:51:15,78 --> 00:51:21,46 he is revealing himself as God It is 283 00:51:21,47 --> 00:51:27,81 a revolution Tory language of God statement no God Jesus doesn't change his mind OK 284 00:51:27,85 --> 00:51:31,56 he's not debating whether or not to save them he'll save them in 285 00:51:31,57 --> 00:51:34,94 a minute with the storm but that's not the point of the story the point of the 286 00:51:34,95 --> 00:51:40,97 story is the disciples see who Jesus is hold that tension for 287 00:51:40,98 --> 00:51:46,64 a second because the only way they see who he is is because they're in 288 00:51:46,65 --> 00:51:52,70 a position of struggling the only way they see him walk on water the only way they 289 00:51:52,71 --> 00:51:58,81 see him reveal who he is as God incarnate is because they are on the boat to begin 290 00:51:58,82 --> 00:52:05,23 with there's tension there. They don't see Jesus passed 291 00:52:05,24 --> 00:52:11,09 by with the miracle of the fish and the loaves Why is that because as difficult as 292 00:52:11,10 --> 00:52:16,07 it is the crystalline and beautiful truth about Jesus Christ is the miracles of 293 00:52:16,08 --> 00:52:21,75 blessing will never reveal Jesus the way the miracles of and the miracles of 294 00:52:21,76 --> 00:52:26,93 blessing what will be revealed is that we want to superhero to sweep in and save us 295 00:52:27,06 --> 00:52:30,07 but in the miracles of need we recognize that we have 296 00:52:30,11 --> 00:52:36,90 a Savior who stands beside and he doesn't just 297 00:52:37,04 --> 00:52:42,78 reveal himself with the passing and by what happens later they're still struggling 298 00:52:42,79 --> 00:52:46,88 and they see Jesus and of course they don't get it Mark tells us that they don't 299 00:52:46,89 --> 00:52:47,85 understand they think he's 300 00:52:47,86 --> 00:52:55,08 a ghost and what does Jesus say his. Ego 301 00:52:55,09 --> 00:53:00,73 in my in Greek which translates to the he broke concept of 302 00:53:02,49 --> 00:53:08,16 member when Jesus when Moses stands before the burning bush Exodus three four and 303 00:53:08,17 --> 00:53:11,71 he says to God whom I supposed to say send me because Barrow is not going to 304 00:53:11,72 --> 00:53:18,66 believe any of this what does God say Tell him I am sent when Jesus is saying as he 305 00:53:18,67 --> 00:53:24,40 gets in the boat with them and to not be afraid if he's revealing the name of God 306 00:53:24,60 --> 00:53:30,38 as himself he is saying I am incarnate Why 307 00:53:31,49 --> 00:53:37,58 what are the kids just see every fear has no place at the sound of your grade 308 00:53:38,70 --> 00:53:44,72 when Jesus sits in that boat and he says I am is here you recognize that it is not 309 00:53:44,73 --> 00:53:50,03 so important to get through the storm as would Jesus is saying in the storm the 310 00:53:50,04 --> 00:53:56,48 presence of I Am is with you in the storm this is setting them up for the cross he 311 00:53:56,49 --> 00:54:01,30 said in them up for what's going to take place when he is the furthest from them to 312 00:54:01,31 --> 00:54:06,24 recognize that the presence of I am resides with Jesus saying this revelled or his 313 00:54:06,25 --> 00:54:10,44 statement is that the God who created the heavens and the earth the God who parted 314 00:54:10,45 --> 00:54:15,51 the sea the God who rescued the Israel lights. Is with him in that store 315 00:54:19,46 --> 00:54:23,92 and what Marcus say is when you put all of this together what he's showing us about 316 00:54:23,93 --> 00:54:30,82 Jesus Christ is that he is the great i am he's saying to us that as 317 00:54:30,83 --> 00:54:37,54 Moses freed people from Israel and the from Egypt Christ is doing so much more he's 318 00:54:37,55 --> 00:54:44,26 even better than before he is the great I am OK 319 00:54:44,53 --> 00:54:47,38 but I didn't really think 320 00:54:52,78 --> 00:54:57,05 I did great I did I mean as not 321 00:54:57,06 --> 00:54:59,05 a blasphemous Dave and I'm not saying I never thought he was 322 00:54:59,06 --> 00:55:03,13 a Son of God but I'm willing to admit that I had the very least hoped he was 323 00:55:03,14 --> 00:55:09,82 a superhero I may not be very frank with you I have no desire to struggle for 324 00:55:09,83 --> 00:55:14,90 nine hours with the wind in my face I don't want to know that the presence of God 325 00:55:14,94 --> 00:55:20,94 is with me in a storm I want to know that there is no storm I told you 326 00:55:20,95 --> 00:55:23,73 a couple weeks ago you know the net that I don't want to drop is going to be 327 00:55:23,74 --> 00:55:28,47 uncomfortable and there is nothing that makes me more uncomfortable than to know 328 00:55:28,48 --> 00:55:35,28 that the disciples struggled for nine out worse and Jesus was in view who 329 00:55:35,29 --> 00:55:41,68 does that the Son of God who is far more interested in 330 00:55:41,69 --> 00:55:47,36 revealing himself than in being reviewed as you can see 331 00:55:47,37 --> 00:55:54,17 a superhero would sweep in save you son of God would reveal himself but then 332 00:55:54,18 --> 00:55:54,31 there's 333 00:55:54,32 --> 00:55:58,40 a separation between Palm Sunday and the cross look at verses fifty one and fifty 334 00:55:58,41 --> 00:56:05,08 two they don't get it Mark says they've witnessed the miracle of the 335 00:56:05,09 --> 00:56:10,70 fish and the lows and now they see Jesus walking on water and sitting beside them 336 00:56:10,71 --> 00:56:17,41 in the boat in the don't get it their hearts Mark said are hard and that means in 337 00:56:17,42 --> 00:56:19,35 Hebrew is their mind is set against 338 00:56:19,36 --> 00:56:25,82 a particular paradigm and they don't understand what has happened they they see 339 00:56:25,86 --> 00:56:30,81 Jesus passing by they see the walking on water they've seen him do all of these 340 00:56:30,82 --> 00:56:34,17 miracles but they still don't grasp who he is why 341 00:56:39,10 --> 00:56:46,05 in Good Friday they they see specific paradigm of what they want to see in Jesus 342 00:56:46,06 --> 00:56:52,31 Christ. And it takes the great I am sitting beside them and they still don't open 343 00:56:52,32 --> 00:56:56,69 their minds to what is really taking place that's why Mark doesn't have them going 344 00:56:56,70 --> 00:57:00,15 into best data and Jesus doesn't have them going into best data you notice that 345 00:57:00,16 --> 00:57:02,86 their original destination is best data but they don't land there for 346 00:57:02,87 --> 00:57:07,51 a couple more chapters they get into off course and they land into another town and 347 00:57:07,52 --> 00:57:14,28 what Mark juxtaposed is the reaction of the people in that town with faith then 348 00:57:14,29 --> 00:57:19,60 what the people of the disciples of the disciples don't understand 349 00:57:21,02 --> 00:57:25,43 doing why because their hearts are hardened why because their minds are set to 350 00:57:25,44 --> 00:57:31,95 a certain paradigm why because they want Jesus to be the savior that everybody else 351 00:57:31,96 --> 00:57:35,62 on Palm Sunday wants Jesus to be you know the reason there's 352 00:57:35,62 --> 00:57:39,76 a fever pitch in the miracle of the fish in the loaves is because Jesus is doing 353 00:57:39,81 --> 00:57:43,60 what people want him to do and you gotta believe that day on the mountain when 354 00:57:43,60 --> 00:57:48,74 Jesus walks down after the fish in the loaves he knows that from down hill it's 355 00:57:48,76 --> 00:57:52,52 just going to be that is going to be an unraveling of people's expectations because 356 00:57:52,53 --> 00:57:56,83 he is not going to be the king that they want him to be and you have to believe 357 00:57:57,05 --> 00:58:02,36 that on that day as he rode into Jerusalem as the palms were thrown at his feet 358 00:58:02,37 --> 00:58:03,01 like you would 359 00:58:03,02 --> 00:58:07,86 a returning key or hero you gotta believe the disciples were silently hoping. 360 00:58:10,92 --> 00:58:17,89 He does the savior in the immediate But Jesus knew better than anybody that we 361 00:58:17,90 --> 00:58:21,17 don't need a savior in the immediate need 362 00:58:21,18 --> 00:58:27,87 a savior for all the disciples don't 363 00:58:28,41 --> 00:58:35,35 get it any more than the people don't get on Palm Sunday because you 364 00:58:35,36 --> 00:58:41,14 have expectations of what they Jesus came for when see 365 00:58:42,79 --> 00:58:47,35 nothing was more difficult than to believe that Jesus walked on water is to believe 366 00:58:47,36 --> 00:58:51,100 that Jesus came for that one singular purpose and he doesn't waver no matter what 367 00:58:52,01 --> 00:58:57,37 people. The temptation on that mountain after the fish and the loaves to be 368 00:58:57,38 --> 00:58:58,18 a king to be 369 00:58:58,19 --> 00:59:02,99 a superhero to be something that he was never supposed to be he alludes that 370 00:59:02,100 --> 00:59:08,72 temptation and goes into prayer you know was even harder to believe then the 371 00:59:08,73 --> 00:59:14,85 walking on water and the singular purpose is the idea that I need 372 00:59:14,86 --> 00:59:21,79 a Savior that I need to have somebody come not 373 00:59:22,28 --> 00:59:29,04 me being in but for all time but imagine the description 374 00:59:29,18 --> 00:59:35,83 in this story when Jesus is saying as he sits beside them is the Great I Am is with 375 00:59:35,84 --> 00:59:40,42 you at all times with this says and description is the Jesus is never going to stop 376 00:59:40,43 --> 00:59:43,80 revealing himself he's never going to stop chasing us he's never going to stop 377 00:59:43,81 --> 00:59:47,92 trying to have us get to know who he is and I think that's the biggest difference 378 00:59:47,93 --> 00:59:54,23 between Palm Sunday and Good Friday the revelation because you don't really see 379 00:59:54,23 --> 01:00:00,64 Jesus you don't really know Jesus unless you understand the OK so here's the 380 01:00:00,65 --> 01:00:04,59 temptation the temptation for each and every one of us in this room is going to be 381 01:00:04,60 --> 01:00:11,55 to go from today until next Sunday and the nor the cross the 382 01:00:11,56 --> 01:00:17,56 temptation is to do what the people who put Holmes down on him and to have our 383 01:00:17,57 --> 01:00:21,14 minds and our hearts set against that paradigm and to say it's children of the 384 01:00:21,15 --> 01:00:26,63 resurrection we know the end of the story who needs to go through that but unless 385 01:00:26,64 --> 01:00:30,90 we face the cross we really can't understand and see that Revelation of Jesus 386 01:00:30,91 --> 01:00:37,70 Christ because Jesus sitting in the boat that 387 01:00:37,71 --> 01:00:44,17 day with those decide knows of the same power of God who call him The wind 388 01:00:45,16 --> 01:00:51,81 is the same power because the storm and Jesus knows the only way to face that storm 389 01:00:52,01 --> 01:00:58,87 is to go through the clouds there is something so. And so horrific about that 390 01:00:58,88 --> 01:00:59,65 knowledge of 391 01:00:59,66 --> 01:01:06,25 a standing in front of it that we want to and avoid that all together but the 392 01:01:06,26 --> 01:01:12,12 revelation happens when we stand face to face with the cross and see what Jesus. 393 01:01:14,36 --> 01:01:18,08 Bonhoeffer said in letters from prison that that it doesn't take 394 01:01:18,12 --> 01:01:20,64 a powerful God Actually it takes say 395 01:01:20,81 --> 01:01:27,73 a week God willing to give up his power to save us the Cross really splits 396 01:01:27,84 --> 01:01:31,68 the world you don't look at the cross and you see it as power or you look at the 397 01:01:31,69 --> 01:01:37,22 cross and you see it as foolishness Paul says that to first Corinthians that those 398 01:01:37,23 --> 01:01:43,04 who are Parisyan see the cross is foolish those who are being saved are so I'm 399 01:01:43,05 --> 01:01:48,12 going to put on my honest cap to have that temptation to avoid 400 01:01:48,13 --> 01:01:54,91 a Good Friday to go Easter Sunday to east and avoid it entirely be that 401 01:01:54,92 --> 01:02:00,99 brutality because in avoiding that brutality then I also get to avoid the fact 402 01:02:02,02 --> 01:02:08,35 that I have those sins or that I aided in putting him on 403 01:02:10,23 --> 01:02:15,71 but the great good news of Jesus Christ is that death doesn't go away because of 404 01:02:15,72 --> 01:02:22,44 the cross it gets to be redefined and so that tension I told you to hold of of 405 01:02:22,45 --> 01:02:27,31 being in a situation where you're struggling the most and at the same time you get 406 01:02:27,32 --> 01:02:31,10 a revelation of Jesus Christ you never would have gotten had you not been on that 407 01:02:31,11 --> 01:02:37,07 boat is the same thing as we scanned the resignation of my own sin 408 01:02:39,07 --> 01:02:40,82 and the miracle of 409 01:02:40,83 --> 01:02:46,16 a God who loved me enough to die at the greatest miracle is the resurrection the 410 01:02:46,17 --> 01:02:47,66 greatest healing that our 411 01:02:52,92 --> 01:02:59,07 gracious God remind us as we hear the final words today minus of your sacrifice 412 01:03:00,64 --> 01:03:06,39 minus of what it means to be children of the resurrection and remind us Lord what 413 01:03:06,40 --> 01:03:09,82 it means to to see you revealed for who you are crap. 414 01:07:31,80 --> 01:07:32,35 To close us 415 01:07:32,36 --> 01:07:37,43 a reading from Philippians two verses five through eleven your attitude should be 416 01:07:37,44 --> 01:07:44,13 the same as that of who being in very nature God did not consider equal 417 01:07:44,42 --> 01:07:50,67 with God something to be grasped but made himself nothing taking the very nature of 418 01:07:50,68 --> 01:07:56,18 a servant he made in human likeness and being found in appearance as 419 01:07:56,19 --> 01:08:02,99 a man He humbled himself to death even death and across before God 420 01:08:02,100 --> 01:08:07,41 exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name 421 01:08:08,34 --> 01:08:15,11 that at the name of Jesus every name should bow in heaven and honor and under and 422 01:08:15,12 --> 01:08:21,12 under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is glory of God the 423 01:08:21,13 --> 01:08:21,44 Father 424 01:08:29,92 --> 01:08:30,58 is turning your head. 425 01:09:02,32 --> 01:09:02,65 Yes. 426 01:10:41,85 --> 01:10:42,69 I am. 427 01:11:11,54 --> 01:11:15,31 Reminder that if you desire prayer there are two deacons settlement right over 428 01:11:15,32 --> 01:11:20,64 there after this or let's pray Gracious Lord guide us out now into your world not 429 01:11:20,65 --> 01:11:25,88 a spectators but fully engaged in the world around us living and loving people so 430 01:11:25,89 --> 01:11:29,11 that we are reflective if you know we ask these things you name. 431 01:12:16,59 --> 01:12:20,47 The for 432 01:12:39,45 --> 01:12:44,83 . Us.